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- Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints Of Buildings
- Emissions from energy used in building operations are the obvious place to start in measuring a building's carbon footprint, but stopping there leaves many emission sources off the table, such as emissions from transportation to and from the building, providing water to the building, and creating the building itself. Energy...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Localized Space Controls - Offering Occupants Individual Flexibility
- One of facilities managers' greatest operational challenges is dealing with service calls from building occupants. Legitimate calls must be responded to and resolved in a timely way-if the mechanical system is down, a technician should be dispatched quickly to investigate. On the other hand, illegitimate calls should be discovered quickly,...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- What LEED-EB Is And Why To Use It
- Facility managers are increasingly being exposed to phrases like "High performance building operations" and "Green building operations". Those who explore further are likely to encounter "LEED" and "LEED-EB" as well. What are these terms all about, and why are they worthy of attention from building operators? LEED stands for "Leadership...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Energy Audits Finding The Best Ways To Save Energy and Money In Your Building
- If you're serious about saving as much energy cost as possible with the quickest payback time and least hassle, take the time to plan your energy projects right. Perform a good energy audit, and assess its results carefully based on the needs of your facility, whether based on annual savings,...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Efficient Plumbing Fixtures - Saving Water At A Profit
- With energy prices in the headlines lately, it's all too easy to lose sight of a completely separate way for facilities managers to conserve resources and money: more efficient plumbing fixtures. For a long time potable water was considered almost too cheap to meter, or at least too cheap to...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Greening Your Refrigerants - Saving The Ozone Layer And Saving Money
- Changes in building equipment refrigerant have already happened because of environmental concerns, and more are coming. It's really not a question of whether facilities managers will upgrade their HVAC equipment, but when and in what way. Fully evaluating the benefits of using new refrigerant technology before it's absolutely required can...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Are Your Air Filters Up-To-Date?
- Panel filters were originally developed in the 1930s, and were primarily designed to protect HVAC system equipment rather than building occupants. However, with tighter building shells and more potential sources of indoor pollutants, filtration technology from the 1930s is no longer adequate for today's needs. By replacing panel filters with...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Starting And Managing Your LEED-EB Project
- This paper provides general approach for exploring LEED for Existing Buildings certification for your facility and for managing the process of preparing your building for certification. Attention to detail is a must, and taking a whole-building view throughout the process will help you find synergistic effects among your various greening...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- How The Mercury Issue Affects Lighting Choices
- The LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) Rating System is fundamentally different from LEED applications for new construction or commercial interiors. LEED for existing buildings is focused on the operation and maintenance of buildings that in some cases were constructed more than 100 years ago. Various existing structures built in the...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Lighting And Energy Efficiency For LEED-EB
- LEED puts a significant effort into energy efficiency. Its point total will often be the deciding factor in the level of achievement. With a possible ten points at stake, it is one of the most lucrative areas for harvesting points. Lighting efficiency plays a major role in this quest. The...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Ventilation - Keeping Occupants Healthy
- Providing optimized ventilation to building occupants is a win-win strategy for facilities managers: it reduces trouble calls by keeping occupants happier and healthier, it keeps the code officials satisfied, and demonstrates leadership in sustainable operations. If you suspect you have a sick building, or if major mechanical system renovations are...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Thermal Comfort - A Key To Occupant Satisfaction And Productivity
- Comfortable building occupants are happy, healthy, and productive occupants. Thermal comfort, cleverly and robustly provided, can also lower your operating energy costs. Though improved operations practices can clearly help, major renovations offer a true golden opportunity to specify a building shell and mechanical systems designed to optimize comfort and allow...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Energy Measurement And Verification - The Key To Quantifying Real Savings
- Saving energy to lower utilities costs has been an effective facilities management strategy for decades, and has clear benefits for the environment as well. Rising energy prices are now inspiring building operators to dust off their energy management plans and take a fresh look to see if they can be...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Floorcoverings: Maintenance And Informed Choice
- The ease of keeping use of floorcoverings within sustainable limits is growing as the industry becomes more environmentally aware and competitive. It is offering more options designed to meet the needs of green builders, as well as better tools for evaluating carpet, including life-cycle assessment software, and broad-based certification programs....
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Green Building And The Economic Recovery
- Green buildings have the potential to help employers as well by helping companies cut costs and manage operating expenses. Rising energy costs are causing building owners and managers to tighten their belts, and the buildings they use day in and day out cost them millions in unnecessary operational costs. By...
- White papers 2009-02-01
- Green Cleaning Made Easy
- It is undeniable that "Green" is an idea whose time has come. Whether it is driven by concerns over climate change, global population growth, the economy and the opportunity to reduce energy costs or other drivers - green is happening. And as building owners, facility managers and even legislators accelerate...
- White papers 2009-03-01
- The New LEED In An Evolving Market
- Since its inception in 2000, the LEED green building rating system has been helping revolutionize the way our buildings are designed, constructed and operated. Like any useful tool, LEED needs to be continuously improved and updated with the latest information, technologies and processes. LEED 2009 - the long-awaited update to...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Creating A High-Efficiency, Low-Mercury Light Bulb Purchasing Plan
- There are two aspects to the environmentally safe use of fluorescent bulbs. The first is to use fluorescent bulbs that produce the most light over their lifetimes relative to the amount of mercury contained in the bulbs. In recent years bulb manufacturers have significantly reduced the amount of mercury in...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Beyond Green Products: Systems And Strategies That Reduce Energy, Water And Resource Conception
- Today, more and more facility managers are familiar with Green Cleaning as it is quickly being thought of as the "Low hanging fruit" when it comes to greening a building. Converting to green and certified products is a very good thing in our efforts to reduce the health and environmental...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Thermal Comfort And Building Management
- Thermal comfort is hard to define and even harder to achieve. The most common complaint about workplace environments is that they are too cold. This would be a fairly simple problem to fix if the second most common complaint weren't that the same spaces are too hot. Adaptive thermal comfort...
- White papers 2009-01-01
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